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VE Day celebrations at Nairobi, Kenya, May 1945

War and Peace

On This Day: May 1945

In May 1945, the Allies celebrated Victory in Europe. While the war in Japan was still to be won, attention also turned to the challenges of the peace, not least the return home of millions of soldiers.

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Army Air Corps

The Army Air Corps originated in the Second World War and is the aviation combat and reconnaissance arm of the British Army. Its members have served in most of the Army's major campaigns.

Royal Army Dental Corps

Formed in 1921, the Royal Army Dental Corps took care of the British Army’s oral hygiene for over a century, both in barracks and on active operations. In 2024, it merged with two other corps to form the Royal Army Medical Service.

Royal Army Pay Corps

This British Army unit was responsible for administering financial matters, such as pay and accounts. It was amalgamated into the Adjutant General's Corps in 1992.

The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret’s Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)

This Scottish infantry regiment was formed in 1959. It continued in British Army service until 2006, when it was merged into The Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Cap badge, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), c1914

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s)

This infantry unit was formed in 1881 and recruited in western and central Scotland. It served with the British Army until 2006, when it was amalgamated into The Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Glengarry badge, 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders), c1876

93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot

This Scottish infantry regiment was raised in 1799. It served with the British Army until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland) Highlanders.

Gurkhas open fire during an attack near Palel, April 1944

Battles of Imphal and Kohima

These battles formed the turning point of one of the most gruelling campaigns of the Second World War. The Japanese defeat in north-east India in 1944 became the springboard for the subsequent re-conquest of Burma.

Breaking boundaries

During the Second World War, the women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service took on increasingly diverse roles. But, like their First World War predecessors, they were still prevented from fighting.

Glengarry badge, 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment, c1874

91st (Princess Louise’s Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot

This Scottish infantry regiment was raised in 1794. It served with the British Army until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland) Highlanders.

1st Reserve Regiment of Cavalry in training, 1914

Cavalry on the Western Front

In the First World War, the cavalry could no longer deliver the decisive charges it had performed in the past. But it continued to carry out a variety of useful roles that contributed to British success.

Intelligence Corps

This British Army unit was originally formed in 1914. It is responsible for collecting, analysing and disseminating military intelligence and also for counter-intelligence and security.

57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot

This infantry regiment was raised in 1755. It served until the Army reforms of 1881, when it became part of The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment).

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